July 2013 Av 5773 Vol 5 Issue 1 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Photo courtesy of Toby Evans
From the Development Office
You may have noticed from the heading of this newsletter that we have had a name change, and are now known as “Emanuel School Alumni (ESA)” 2013 is an exciting year for not only Photo courtesy of Toby Evans Emanuel School but also for our alumni. We celebrated the School’s 30th anniversary with an Alumni Cocktail Party (see report and photos on page 3) and we are also planning the following year group reunions later in the year (dates TBC): UÊÓäÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvʣΠUÊ£xÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊ£n UÊ£äÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊÓääÎ UÊxÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊÓään If you are from one of these year groups and would like to help with your reunion, please let me know by email to: [email protected] Sonia Newell, Development Officer
Emanuel School Old Scholars’ Association (ESOSA) is now known as Emanuel School Alumni (ESA)
Emanuel School is a member of 20 Stanley Street Randwick NSW 2031 the JCA family of Organisations www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au EMANUEL SCHOOL Where the Individual Excels Our 30th Anniversary has also brought much excitement, with From the a whole school assembly at the beginning of the year and many events and celebrations since then. In Term 2, students from P-12 Principal’s participated in the ‘30 Mitzvot in 30 Days’ project that aimed to create an ongoing conscious culture of doing good deeds for others. Fifteen Office mitzvah trees now adorn the corridors of the School and over 20,000 mitzvot were performed over 30 days. As part of the celebrations, Dear Alumni of Emanuel School, we will be burying time capsules for future generations. In Term 3 It was wonderful to welcome so many of each year group will be allocated their own capsule, to be filled with you back to Emanuel School for our Alumni photographs, artwork, letters, poetry, reports, newspaper cuttings cocktail party earlier this year. If you were here, you would know that and other small items of significance and buried in our grounds. 2013 is a very special year for us, being our 30th Anniversary and the Another special project that has continued its success this year has year of our Capital Appeal. Emanuel School has certainly ‘come of been the development of our relationship with Jilkminggan School in age’ and holds a respected place within the educational community. the Northern Territory. As well as sending two groups of students this We are aiming to replace our two temporary demountables with a year for visits, a group of Aboriginal students from Jilkminggan came comprehensive building that will meet the needs of our students into to Sydney with their teachers to visit us. They had a wonderful time the future. with our students and as tourists around Sydney. A very memorable There has been much excitement in unveiling the plans for our part of this visit was the wonderful Reconciliation Assembly in which new four-level building that will include an Arts Precinct, eight they joined with Years 3-12 to celebrate Aboriginal culture and classrooms, a tiered performance theatre that will seat 220, and heritage. a wellness, leadership and learning space. Along with a range of smaller breakout rooms and offices, there will be considerably more With all this, our students continue their learning journey, one that usable playground space on completion. A 3-D model is on show in is very much enriched by the range of experiences they encounter the foyer of the Administration building for your interest if you’d like along the way. to come in and have a look. In Term 4, we will be holding a couple I hope to see you at one of the special events coming up in Term 4. of events for Alumni, among others during the three weeks of the Best wishes Appeal. Please stay tuned for more information on these. Anne Hastings, Principal
Update Gesher from the Board Community Sunday 6 October marks the start of our Capital Appeal – to Connections build the remaining keystone learning facility for our campus. With this significant milestone in mind, we thought it appropriate to reflect on our collective successes over the past six months. As part of my responsibilities on the Emanuel School Board, I have This has been a gratifying process as there are so many recently taken on the Chairperson role for our Gesher Committee. wonderful achievements to celebrate. As you may know, Gesher is the Hebrew word for “bridge” It has been inspiring to watch our students raise over $10,000 for and from that word and its connotations we developed Gesher local and international charities over the past two terms. Student- Community Connections – it really is the figurative bridge between led concerts, nights of debate, music-making and paper crane the School and the wider Emanuel community. Through Gesher folding have all had one aim in mind – to bring about Tikkun we connect with our Alumni, as well as Grandparents and Friends, Olam through individual and group action. We congratulate all both past and present. We also include external organisations that those students who have helped make a difference to the lives have an interest in our School under the Gesher umbrella. of others and gained social and global learning in the process. Our committee has expanded and evolved over the last couple of Term 2 saw us further cement our relationship with the months, with a new name for our past students – Emanuel School Jilkminggan Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory. Alumni (ESA) and a number of fresh faces including parents, Our students have also excelled academically, on the sports alumni parents, and our 2011 School Head Madrichim (two of field, in drama, debating, visual arts and beyond. Eight staff our more recent alumni). We are actively working on a number of members and two students presented at the Jewish learning focus areas that will enhance the connectivity of the School (social and cultural festival, Limmud Oz, at the University of NSW media, sporting events, communications) and we will of course last month. play an important role in the upcoming Capital Appeal. Like proud parents we derive great pleasure from seeing our I look forward to working with our committee to serve this students thrive. In the community, our School’s reputation important part of the Emanuel family, and welcome any feedback continues to grow as a leading and quality educational home or suggestions you may have to enhance the services provided. and the growth of our student numbers reflects this. You can read about Gesher news on the School website under Excerpts from a report to parents from ‘Community’. Grant McCorquodale, Board President and Daniel Knoll, Gesher Committee Chairperson Anne Hastings, Principal. 30th Anniversary Cocktail Party Alumni Reunion
On 17 March more than 150 alumni, as well as past and current staff and some parents of alumni, gathered together in the Lehrer Family Building (MPH) at Emanuel School for our Alumni Cocktail Party. Invited by Board president Grant McCorquodale, this event was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with old friends, touch base with past teachers, take a tour of the School’s new facilities, hear about our plans to further enhance the School and share in our celebrations for the School’s 30th anniversary. The 200 guests included some of the very first teachers and ÃÌÕ`iÌÃÊÜ iÊÌ iÊ-V Ê«ii`ÊÊ£nÎÊÊÌ iÊ}ÀÕ`ÃÊvÊ Temple Emanuel in Woollahra (now known as Emanuel Synagogue). They were all thoroughly impressed with how Emanuel School has grown over the past 30 years and are very excited to stay in touch and be involved in future events. Grant McCorquodale welcomed the guests whilst Anne Hastings spoke briefly about future plans for the School. Our current Head Madrichim, Sam Wrublewski and Alexandra (Lexi) Wolf, spoke about how things have changed, whilst Janice Narunsky (’n®Ê spoke about her time here as a student and the School’s first Head Madricha, and now as a parent at the School – her son Declan started at Kornmehl Pre-school last year. Benny Kaplinsky, who Ì>Õ} ÌÊiÜà Ê-ÌÕ`iÃÊ iÀiÊLiÌÜiiÊ£nÈÊ>`Ê£{ÊÀiVÌi`Ê>Ê blessing and then our current Madrichim who were our helpers for the event, proudly led the singing of our School Song. Entertainment during the evening was provided by some of our talented Alumni musicians: vocalist Aliza Waxman (’12) accompanied by Ben Feher (’12) on guitar, followed by Ben Goldstein (’10) on piano and vocals, with drummer David Goldberg (’än®Ê>`Ê`>Ê-ÌiÀÊ’ä®ÊÊ}ÕÌ>À° A pictorial history of Emanuel School’s first 30 years was on display in the MPH, allowing for many stories to be retold by our guests. A great night was had by all. UÊÊGenna Radnanʽä®ÊÜ>ÃÊÀiViÌÞÊ>««Ìi`Ê>ÃÊ«>ÀÌÌiÊ-V Ê Staying 1 Nurse here at Emanuel. (1) UÊÊBen Goldstein (’10) – made it through to the final 32 contestants in Touch vÊ >iʽÃÊ ÌÊà ÜÊThe Voice. For the Showdown night Ben sang Bob Marley’s Waiting in Vain and received praise from his coach Delta Goodrem and from the other coaches Seal, Joel Business ventures Madden and Ricky Martin, who said that the song went “from UÊÊRussel Shermanʽn®Ê>`Ê ÃÊÜviÊ Bondi, to Jamaica, to Israel and back”. He was guest artist at Cara, moved from Sydney to Toowoomba, QLD in March 2012, the recent reopening of the newly renovated Eastgate Shopping looking for business opportunities and a “nicer pace of life”. They Centre in Bondi Junction! are now the franchisees of Harvey Norman Toowoomba. UÊÊDaniel Goldbach (’12) has had his HSC Extension 2 English Major Work shortlisted for the Young Writers Showcase, and he News from Abroad was awarded an “Australian Student Prize” for having won a medal at the International Informatics Olympiad in Italy UÊÊRebecca Kummerfeld (’03) is now in London undertaking a last September. research fellowship at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She says UÊÊAshley (A.J.) America (’12) has also been awarded an “I’m not sure of the title of my (PhD) thesis just yet! But I am “Australian Student Prize”. The Australian Student Prize gives looking at the History of Art Education in Australia from national recognition to academic excellence and achievement £nx䣣x°Ê/ iÊÜÀÊÊ>Ê`}Ê>ÌÊÌ iÊ6EÊÃÊvÕ`i`ÊLÞÊÌ iÊ in secondary education, particularly to students in senior Alexander Mackie Research Fellowship. I am working in the secondary years. Five hundred prizes, of a certificate and $2000, research department on a project titled: ‘Cast Aways: Plaster are available nationally each year. Prizes are also awarded to casts and art education in the antipodes’. I am using the students who win medals in international olympiads, in school Museum’s archive and cast collection to examine the ways in subjects of mathematics, informatics, physics, chemistry which plaster casts were used for art education, first in Britain, or biology, and to the International Baccalaureate Diploma and then abroad. So far, it has been a wonderful experience – I graduates who achieve the maximum international score of 45. am particularly enjoying the scones!” Presenters at Limmud Oz 2013 Life after School Limmud Oz is a Jewish learning and cultural festival which was UÊÊYotam Wienerʽn®ÊÜ>ÃÊÀiViÌÞÊ>««Ìi`Ê>ÃÊ `ÕV>ÌÊ recently held at the University of NSW. Manager at Sydney Jewish Museum, where he will be delivering UÊÊSimon HollowayʽǮÊÃÊÃÌÊ>Ê* ÊV>``>ÌiÊ>ÌÊÌ iÊ1ÛiÀÃÌÞÊ education programs to the school sector, tertiary sector and of Sydney, since nobody has yet written his thesis for him. He general community. Yotam worked at Emanuel School as a teaches Jewish law, philosophy and history for Melton and at Jewish Studies teacher from 2010 until the end of May and says North Shore Temple Emanuel. His research interests include “I am sad to leave Emanuel School as it is a special place where metaphorical language in Tanakh, the development of the the community interacts with Judaism in a vibrant, dynamic way. Halakha, and ultra-Orthodox subcultures in the State of Israel. A great cohort of students, staff and parents have made my time One of his sessions was ‘Counting teeth’: the use of humour in here personally and professionally enriching. I am looking forward the Rabbinic literature. to working with a great team and the many passionate people UÊÊAvia Madar (’10) is currently a university student and the head of who volunteer their time at the Sydney Jewish Museum.” education at Habonim Dror. She is interested in the perspective UÊÊJeremy Spinak (’00) is one of our Patrons for this year’s Capital of youth in the Jewish community. Her session was titled Appeal. “Jewed Out”. UÊÊTara Shillan (’01) recently became the Emanuel Synagogue UÊ Isabella Satz (’13) (almost an alumnus) is a 17 year-old HSC representative on the Emanuel School Board. Read Tara’s student, who is passionate about her role as Emanuel’s Social ÌiÀÛiÜÊÊ«>}iÊn° Action Madricha. She believes in the power of young people to take action and make a difference. Her presentation was titled UÊÊLeigh Golombick (’01) has returned from Canada after working º½ÊÕ`iÀÊ£nÊ>`ÊÊ`Ê}ÛiÊ>Ê-It»° there for two years and she is now the Office, Marketing and Communications Officer for Central Synagogue in Bondi Junction. “I joined, not long ago, from the big wide corporate Participants at Maccabiah 2013 world. My background is accounting and human resources UÊÊKevin Jankelowitz (’01) – rugby >Û}ÊÜÀi`ÊÜÌ Ê ÀÃÌÊEÊ9Õ}Ê>`Ê ÌL>ÊvÀÊÃiÛiÀ>Ê UÊÊShaun Jankelowitz(’04) – rugby years. My job here at the Shule requires wearing many different UÊÊLawrence Braude (’06) – soccer hats including seat sales, publications production, marketing UÊ Lev Lewisʽän®ÊqÊvÕÌÃ> management, office management, event planning and more.” UÊÊEmily Nathanʽän®ÊqÊÌÀ>VÊ>`Êwi` UÊÊToby Evans (’06) was our in-house photographer at the recent UÊÊAlexandra Krantzʽä®ÊqÊiÌL> sell-out High School production of Alice in Wonderland. 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Where are some of our Alumni now?
Are you still in touch with your group of friends from school? Jamie Hilton Not a great deal to be honest. I guess my career took a front seat. Facebook is great, I’m vaguely across what most people are up to. >ÃÃÊv棂 Generally there are babies involved these days! I’m not quite there yet… I’m friends with a surprising number of people in other years, What did you do after leaving both younger and older, it’s a small community and I guess you break school? outside of the small unit of people you actually study with once you hit I went to Sydney University but ‘real life’. Familiar faces start to emerge in your work and social life. I’ve realised fairly quickly I wasn’t quite collaborated with quite a few Emanuel grads very randomly. There’s a ready to throw myself straight back strong pool of creative talent out there in the Alumni. in to study. I moved to Bellingen in What is your current occupation? Northern NSW for six months and then backpacked through Asia and I’m a film producer. Currently I’m producing a comedy for actor Josh Europe. The following year I went to the University of Technology to Lawson with Hopscotch Films which will release in cinemas next year, study Communications (Media, Arts and Production). and a much larger supernatural thriller with a big US star for Michael Did you follow your field of study at the time? Petroni, who wrote the screenplays for the latest Narnia film, The Book At school I majored in legal studies, economics and business studies. Thief and The Rite. We have a production company together called See At first (at Sydney Uni) I went in the opposite direction, choosing to Pictures. I produced a film called The Waiting City with Radha Mitchell study cultural studies, philosophy, psychology. After transferring to UTS >`ÊiÊ `}iÀÌÊÊÓääÊ>`ÊiÝiVÊ«À`ÕVi`ÊSleeping Beauty two to study film production, it turned out to be a lot more about the legal years ago. Previous to that I produced over 100 music videos, I still and business side than I had ever expected. I definitely followed my produce the odd clip, just for friends or for music I love. tertiary education straight to a career. I was a fairly established young What are your hobbies/interests? producer by the time I’d left university. I’m crazy about music. I like red wine a little too much and I love to Have you done any overseas travel? How long for and where did cook. At heart I’m still a bit of an activist, I’m working on a film about you travel/study? the Sea Shepherd at the moment. Climate change, animal welfare, I’m a gypsy; I travel a great deal for both work and recreation. In Year food distribution, water/air quality, plant and animal conservation, the 10 at school I did an exchange program to a small American town list goes on. Right now I’m renovating an apartment – I could definitely called Astoria in Oregon. After my HSC I travelled for a year. In my get in to a bit of design, both architectual and interior. early 20’s I lived for a three-month stint in Holland, staying in student Where do you want to be in ten years’ time? housing, and did further travel in Spain, France and England. About That’s a tough one! An Academy Award would be nice. They gave my five years after leaving school I drove a van around Australia by myself friend Emile Sherman one, surely it shouldn’t be that tough? I’d like to for four months, it was a very ‘Into the Wild’ experience. In the last five live with a little family, splitting our time between Sydney and another years for work, I’ve been to Los Angeles 32 times, Cannes/Paris five city, maybe Europe, possibly the US. Growing vegetables might be times, Berlin three times, and Toronto twice. I made a film in India in a slightly longer plan than ten years but probably on the cards too. I ÓääÊ>`ÊÛi`ÊÊ >VÕÌÌ>ÊvÀÊvÕÀÊÌ Ã°ÊÊvÌiÊ`Ã>««i>ÀÊvÀÊLÀivÊ might even have published a book, or own a small hobby restaurant or and spontaneous tropical recharges, returning to Bellingen, Byron and wine bar? Who knows! I’ll definitely still be making movies. It’s not a job. North QLD for three-day weekend escapes and Bali, Fiji and Thailand all manage to appear on the agenda during a last minute quiet week. I What is your fondest memory of your time at school and why? don’t plan travel. It never works out. I have a pretty strong connection I dyed my hair bright blue for my girlfriend’s Year 10 formal at Sydney with Israel too – MUCH stronger than I ever did at school. This year Girls High School. The Principal sent me home from school with a letter I actually made a decision to stay put, to create a bit of a home for explaining I wasn’t to return until my hair was an ‘appropriate colour’ – myself. It’s felt a little like being on a holiday in Sydney, we have it so so my parents framed it and hung it on the wall. Also, kissing Sarah Pike good here. on the back of the school bus back from camp. I never told anyone that before! HA! “Slave Day” was always fun – I was always popular as my sister was three years below. in the Internal Communications division of Sainsbury’s head office in Simone Kery (Sherman) London. Are you still in touch with your group of friends from school? >ÃÃÊv棂 While I do see a couple of my school friends on a regular basis, I am in touch with almost all of them through facebook. We only had 16 What did you do after leaving school? people in our year by the time we graduated, so staying in touch with After leaving school I commenced a Business everyone is quite manageable. degree with majors in finance and marketing through the University of Technology Sydney. As What is your current occupation? part of this degree, I took part in an exchange I currently work for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in their program and spent six months at Oregon State marketing division, with a focus on brand management. My role University in the United States. I thoroughly involves ensuring that all operations of the organisation maintain brand enjoyed this experience, met lots of new people integrity and running large-scale advertising campaigns to attract the from all over the world and gained a deep insight best and brightest university graduates to our profession. into what college life in America is all about. I What are your hobbies/interests? particularly liked the fact that I could undertake If travelling counts as a hobby...then that would have to be my number classes such as ballroom dancing as part of my one. I also enjoy volunteering my time, and have recently taken part in formal studies. two mentoring programs through The Smith Family and Jewish Care. Have you done any overseas travel? How long Before having a baby and when I had the luxury of some free time, I for and where did you travel/study? was also an avid reader and enjoyed Latin dance. While living in the USA, I caught a serious case Where do you want to be in ten years’ time? of the travel bug and resolved that once my My ultimate goal is to run a not-for-profit organisation, the aim of which degree was complete, I would buy a one way ticket to Canada and would be to create business/career opportunities for women living in commence a global adventure – staying overseas for as long as my third-world countries. bank balance would allow. And that’s exactly what I did. While most What is your fondest memory of your time at school and why? of my fellow university graduates were beginning their careers, I spent My fondest memories of my time at Emanuel would have to be my two and a half years in Canada, Europe and South America. Along the drama classes. Our teacher at the time put so much thought and way I worked to pay for the next stage of my trip and made an effort to energy into all of our lessons and I looked forward to each and every select temporary roles that would still provide me with some worthwhile one of them with great anticipation. It was so rewarding to be stretched work experience in my fields of study. This included working in the and pushed out of my comfort zone. Credit department of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Vancouver and
landing the proverbial foot behind the front door to the house of Guy Klamer medical science. The Sydney Cord Blood Bank at The Sydney Children’s Hospital employed me as a scientific technician Class of 2000 responsible for processing umbilical cord blood donations that are used to transplant patients, mainly with childhood leukaemia. “Maccas burger flipper, The rest of the story belongs to good fortune and fate. My would- Woolies check-out cashier, be PhD supervisor shared lab space with the Blood Bank and receptionist, waiter, pizza after nine months of working there, she offered me a Master’s delivery driver, tutor, tennis position with option to upgrade to PhD – an offer that I took. coach, doctor. These are the Five years on, I’ve finished that PhD, have presented my work jobs that I have had spanning in Vancouver, Melbourne, Lorne and several local conferences, the last 15 years. A means to an end is not and have had three articles published. I still work at the Children’s only a way to pay for the mortgage or movie Hospital as a Doctor in the Bone Marrow Transplant Facility, tickets during your school years, it moulds researching new ways to improve transplant outcomes. your personality and provides you with skills that, believe it or not, can in times prove more I did not intend to write a bio about success in the face of adversity valuable than those you learn in the classroom.” to portray myself as someone who prevailed through persistence and hard work. That is not me. Midway through my degree I Guy graduated from Emanuel School in 2000 decided to quit university. I phoned the university in the summer of and moved straight into a Medical Science 2002 and told an admissions employee that I intended to withdraw Degree at UNSW where he spent the next six years studying, or immediately. She managed to talk me down but promised that if I not, hence the six years. He says “as a disclaimer, I am not trying phoned back the next day, she would un-enrol me. I never made to appear like Van Wilder (look it up on IMDB if it’s too old), if I that phone call and instead I improved my grades and finished. If could change one thing in my past, it would be to study harder that woman, whose name I wish I knew, had simply said ‘OK, Guy. from the start of uni. During my undergrad days I worked several Done’ who knows where I would be? I would certainly not be doing jobs to pay for the mortgage of the unit that I moved into at 21. what I do now, which is what I love doing. Finishing my Bachelor’s Degree was a relief and a celebration after so many years and I immediately applied for a job in my sector, Many people along the way told me not to give up, that the road Human Bioscience, alas to no avail. It turned out that a BSc was is long and windy but heading in the right direction, and other not competitive in the world of job-hunting. I was turned down by metaphors that I am hoping not to put across here. But with all many Sydney universities to study a post-graduate degree and at a that said, that is what I am telling you. Find what you love, work at cross-roads in my new graduate life, I applied for State and Federal it and you will be rewarded. When something seems to go wrong, police work with the aim of undertaking forensic science, both of trust it is for a reason. Among all else, enjoy what you do.” which were unsuccessful. I was successful, however, in gaining Guy is married to an alumnus – Kim (Ruttenberg) ’02 and they have full-time employment as a receptionist and a data entry clerk before >Ê}À}iÕÃÊiÞi>ÀÊ`Ê`>Õ} ÌiÀÊ<i° After testing out a few different career directions (Real Estate, Tara Shillan Wealth Management), I began to realise what my strengths were in the workplace and found a role that was the perfect foot in Class of 2001 the door. I started working as an Executive Assistant for the Managing Director of a Resource Management Company, which “After finishing at Emanuel in 2001, has businesses both locally and overseas. This role provided me I spent a year working full time in with an incredible opportunity to learn and challenge myself on a hospitality which at the time came as a daily basis. After a couple of years I felt that I had accomplished welcomed break from study and routine what I could in that role and luckily was offered a move into Human and gave me an opportunity to really Resources. I am now the Human Resource and Systems Manager think about what I wanted my ‘next for the Australian company. I deal with the day-to-day management step’ to be. of head office employees and also manage all HR-related issues I went on to enrol in an Advanced with the operational team. Diploma of Business, majoring in Outside of work, I now sit on the Emanuel Synagogue and Emanuel Public Relations and Marketing, at School Boards. It is a wonderful feeling to be actively involved again Macleay College in the CBD. Public and feels great to be giving back to the community. Nowadays Relations was something I had always most of my free time is spent seeing my family and friends, going been interested in and considering the out for a nice meal, doing pilates or cooking at home. foundation of the course was business, it seemed like the perfect fit. I thoroughly I have the fondest memories of the time I spent at Emanuel School enjoyed my time studying at Macleay – — I loved the School’s approach to learning and living life, and truly their small classes and practical, hands-on approach to learning believe it’s had a huge impact on shaping me into the person I am were very similar to that which I was used to from Emanuel. today. My closest and oldest friends are still from back at school, and I am so grateful for all the incredible memories that we share I completed my studies in 2004 and the slightly delayed ‘travel bug’ and continue to make.” kicked in. Fortunately I have found myself in flexible organisations that have allowed me to travel quite extensively while continuing to develop my career.
Alumni revisit School University of Sydney Ambassadors visited Year 12 earlier in the year as part of the Careers Program. Two of the three Sydney University students were Emanuel alumni – Rebecca Class of 1993 Kummerfeld (’03) and her brother Jonathan (’05). Reunions Madeleine (Madi) Apps (’ä®ÊqÊV>iÊÌÊ planned for 2013 do Kabbalah Meditation with the High School We are planning the following year group students. reunions later in the year (dates TBC): Alexander UÊÓäÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvʣΠSymondsʽ®Ê UÊ£xÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊ£n – met with the Head of HSIE, UÊ£äÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊÓääÎ David Bartlett and UÊxÊÞi>ÀÊÀiÕÊvÀÊÌ iÊ >ÃÃÊvÊÓään students as well as other staff If you are from one of these year groups and members. would like to help with your reunion, please contact Sonia Newell on: [email protected]
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